Linux Startup Script Options

The Ookla Server Daemon can easily be configured to start automatically. CentOS, Fedora, Debian, and most distributions derived from any of the three, all execute a script called rc.local once all system processes have started. Editing this script to include a reference to the Ookla Server Daemon will cause the daemon to start automatically at boot.

CentOS/Fedora based systems:

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

Debian based systems:

/etc/rc.local

You can place any additional commands or scripts to run into this script with the knowledge that everything else has already started up, and does not require the complex initialization scripts that appear in the /etc/rc.d/init.d or /etc/init.d directory.

Edit rc.local to include the following command to start the Ookla Server Daemon silently in the background.

./full_path_to_your_Ookla_Server_Daemon/OoklaServer --daemon

Note: If you do not want to run OoklaServer as root create a user to run OoklaServer and modify your rc.local entry to be "su ooklauser -c './full_path_to_your_Ookla_Server_Daemon/OoklaServer --daemon'"